How Time Flies!!

Unlike normal I (Christin) am writing this post....I offered to type for Mike because my humor is certainly not on his level....but he insisted that I write instead. (I apologize in advance!)

The reason that I am the one writing is because Mike cut part of his finger off on Sunday...literally!! He was using a new mandolin to cut sweet potatoes in the kitchen when I heard him yell something about having cut his finger.  I walked in and asked how bad it was to which he responded, "It's hospital bad".  At this point he walked over to the island and actually picked up the piece of his finger that he had sliced off.  For those of you that know me this was about the worst thing I could have seen.  In an attempt to avoid passing out for the 2nd time this year I ran to the other side of the kitchen and put my head in between my knees while gagging. The next 10 minutes were spent with me running around like a chicken with my head cut off and Mike ironically enough trying to calm ME down! He was debating if he really needed to go to the ER (umm hello...you were able to pick up part of your finger off of the counter!!!) and if he should shower before we left (again...you were able to pick up part of your finger off of the counter!!).

A couple hours later we were home and Mike now has a fun story to tell about almost chopping off his finger.  It is supposed to heal on it's own...there wasn't enough to reattach it. So needless to say he can't really type due to the HUGE bandage on his finger....somehow this means he can't change diapers or help give Q baths anymore either! ha! Quinn's 2nd visit to the ER (first out of my belly) was non-traumatic for her...she slept the entire time like an angel! ;)

But on to the real reason for this post.....our little girl is 2 months old! I know everyone kept telling us that they grow up so fast, but seriously, has it already been this long?!?  Her 2 month birthday was pretty uneventful other than the fact that she had to get her shots.   This of course was much more traumatic for me than her. Mike just laughed because I cried longer than she did.  Quinn now weighs 11 lbs. 12 oz. and is 23 inches long....and her head is in the 90th percentile!!  This means that sadly for Mom, she is out of basically all of her newborn clothes. She has become SO alert and loves to find the TV wherever we are (even Macados)! Sitting up is one of her new favorite activities too.  She literally holds our fingers and tries to pull herself up, while grunting the entire time. Bath time has become quite a mess since she has now learned how to splash too.

Hopefully Mike will be functioning well enough to write the post for next time.  Enjoy the pics below!

Suspicious eyes before shots

Our tough girl smiling after shots

Showing off her baby blues

Hello frog who is that pretty baby in the mirror?

Watching out for his sister

The photoshoot was worse than the shots

P.S. pictures of my finger are available upon request...if anyone would like to purchase me a Christmas gift I am now in the market for a steel glove. 

-Mike

Uncle Colin and VT Football

Quinn had a few firsts this labor day weekend.  She met her Uncle Colin and attended her first VT tailgate.  Christin's mom was also nice enough to come visit to babysit so that we could all go to the game.  We ended up tailgating at home that way we could spend time with Quinn and avoid any rain.  Awesome forecast by the way...all we saw was a slight mist.  Being a meteorologist must be the best job ever, you are almost always wrong AND you never get fired.  The game ended up being great and we pulled out the dramatic overtime win.  Luckily, I was smart enough to take the next day off from work since Colin and I had performed some hardcore pregame hydration.  Overall it was a great weekend, Quinn was all smiles every time she saw Colin, she spent a night with GiGi, I was able to tailgate like we did pre-baby and Christin got to babysit me.  Just like old times.  Happy football season everyone!

Quinn is seven weeks now and she seems to be getting bigger every day.  We tried weighing her on our neighbor's bread scale and we think she is around 10lbs 9oz now (don't judge us).  She is smiling and cooing all of the time now.  She also is starting to notice the world around her especially Jackson and her toys that hang over her baby carrier.  We have now learned the difference between all of her cries such as the "I am pissed off come and hold me" cry or the "Hey idiot come feed me" cry.  She is an awesome baby and sleeps for around seven and a half hours for the first stretch of the night and then two more after that (lucky me Christin is cranky without her sleep).  I am pretty sure she is gifted and gets that from me.  On to some pictures:

Meeting Colin for the first time

She has him wrapped around her finger now

Ready for the tailgate with Mom

Doing her Frank Beamer bewildered look

Already knows being a Hokie fan is exhausting